Peter F. Drucker discusses “The Care and Feeding of the Small and Growing Business” for the George Washington University lecture series. He begins by describing which industries reported the most innovation in recent years. He talks about how...

Frances Hesselbein writes to Carolina Biquard to discuss Carolina's ideas on partnership and the Drucker Foundation. Frances advises her that they should try to think of ways to support Carolina's thinking that make it, "an integral part of the...

Peter Drucker writes to Carolina Biquard to discuss Argentina's depression. He advises her that he does not think that the solution for Argentina is political or economic instead he suggests that what the country needs is a greater sense of...

Peter Drucker writes to Carolina Biquard in response to her letter dated July 16, 2001. The top half of this letter is a copy of the last page of Carolina's letter. The bottom half of the page has Drucker's response in which he advises her that she...

Peter Drucker writes to Carolina Biquard to inform her that he is not able to make a video endorsing Fundación Compromiso because he only promotes things that directly bear his name and involvement. He goes on to advise her that it is not his...

Peter Drucker writes to Carolina Biquard to warn her about the danger of overextending herself and Fundación Compromiso. He advises her to decide what her priorities are and focus on those. He also suggests that she actively delegate responsibility...

AMA/International; Congresses and conventions; Council for International Progress in Management (USA); Latin America; Sears, Roebuck and Company; Letters

Drucker advises James Worthy on hosting a Sears Management Conference to celebrate Sears' tenth anniversary in Latin America. He outlines the focus, format, and content of the meeting, and suggests possible speakers and attendants. Drucker also...

Drucker feels he is not the right person to write on a subject he is not the inventor of in the Wall Street Journal. He also suggests that James Worthy contact Alan Kantrow, a senior editor, at the Harvard Business Review, to get Worthy's article...

In this audio recording Peter F. Drucker and John Humble discuss their audio book, “The Drucker/Humble Workshop.” This is the second part of a two-part discussion entitled, “Participative Management: Myths and Realities.” Humble begins by...

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the change leader he begins by revisiting the previous week’s lecture, which dealt with Alfred Nobel and the invention of dynamite. He goes on to elaborate on why Nobel was able to exploit his success...

This recording is a summary of “Managing for the Future: the 1990s and Beyond”. A narrator gives the summary followed by an interview with Peter Drucker. The recording covers 5 areas that will see social, economic, and business changes. Drucker...

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge and knowledge workers he begins by discussing the pros and cons of working for family companies and mentions Katherine Graham, publisher of “The Washington Post.” He also mentions her book,...

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding knowledge work and knowledge workers he begins by warning his students of the dangers of describing themselves by using generalities and platitudes and instead advises them to learn to know themselves. He...

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding non-profit management he begins by discussing the final paper of the course in which the students examine either their own non-profit organization or a case from their textbook. He advises them that the...

This is part two of an audio recording of a class on entrepreneurship and innovation taught by Peter Drucker. He compares taking action in organizations during a crisis, to performing surgery on human beings. He says that it doesn't always have to...

In this audio recording Peter F. Drucker talks about his audio book, “Drucker on Management.” This is the second part of a two-part discussion entitled “Managing Diversity, Growth, and Innovation.” He begins by describing that managers must keep...

Lectures and lecturing; Management; Toyota automobiles; American Honda Motor Company

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the effective manager he begins by explaining that one of the great weaknesses of traditional management is that it is inwardly focused. He then defines the word “marketing” as the way to look at your...

Lectures and lecturing; Management; Pontiac automobile; General Motors Company; General Electric Company; Sears, Roebuck and Company

During Peter Drucker’s lecture regarding the effective manager he begins by discussing his work with General Motors Company and Pontiac during the post-World War II period. He describes the contrasting cultures of Pontiac and GMC, tracing them back...